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Former marketer, investment banker, & English teacher: pick your ad hominem. Books: Carjacked and Schooled. Writing in Boston Globe, Guardian, Washington Post, NBC, Al Jazeera, Hechinger, Streetsblog, Catapult. Cranky in the morning.
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.
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